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Western Digital WD Red SA500 2TB

2TB · 2.5" · SATA III

Western Digital WD Red SA500 2TB, product view 1

Specifications

Yes

DRAM cache

560 MB/s

Sequential read

530 MB/s

Sequential write

1300 TBW

Endurance

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WD SATA SSDs
WD Green WD Red SA500 This model WD Blue SA510
Released 2016 2019 2022
Interface SATA III SATA III SATA III
Read 545 MB/s 560 MB/s 560 MB/s
Write 525 MB/s 530 MB/s 520 MB/s
Endurance 600 TBW 1300 TBW 200 TBW
Summary DRAM-less. Made for NAS use, with a DRAM cache but no power-loss protection. SanDisk now sells it as the SanDisk 520.

Capacity grid

240GB250GB480GB500GB1TB2TB4TB
WD Green $49.99 $89 $129.99 $134.99 $174.99 $279.99 Not available
WD Red SA500 Not available Not available Not available $388.65 $435.71 $499.99 This model $1,379.99
WD Blue SA510 Not available $57.22 Not available $159.99 $143.70 $276.93 $894.45

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Form factor

2.5" is the recorded form factor.

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Western Digital 2TB WD Red SA500 NAS 3D NAND Internal SSD Solid State Drive - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS200T2R0A Amazon USA $499.99 Western Digital 2TB WD Red SA500 NAS 3D NAND Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, M.2 2280, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS200T1R0B Amazon USA $586.94 WD Red SA500 2TB NAS SATA 6Gb/s Internal 2.5in SSD WDS200T1R0A New Sealed Out of stock Ebay USA — Western Digital 2TB WD Red SA500 NAS 3D NAND Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm, Up to 560 MB/s - WDS200T1R0A Out of stock Amazon USA —
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